Shloka 28

Adhyaya 44: Nandikesvara’s Manifestation and Abhisheka; The Rule of Namaskara in Shiva-Nama

Devanagari script

ऐरावतः सुप्रतीको गजावेतौ सुपूजितौ मुकुटं काञ्चनं चैव निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा

Transliteration

airāvataḥ supratīko gajāvetau supūjitau mukuṭaṃ kāñcanaṃ caiva nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā

Translation

ऐरावतः सुप्रतीको गजावेतौ सुपूजितौ । मुकुटं काञ्चनं चैव निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा ॥

Word by Word

• ऐरावतः (airāvataḥ): Airavata

• सुप्रतीकः (supratīkaḥ): Supratika

• गजौ (gajau): two elephants

• एतौ (etau): these two

• सुपूजितौ (supūjitau): well-honored, greatly revered

• मुकुटम् (mukuṭam): crown/diadem

• काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam): golden

• च एव (caiva): and also

• निर्मितम् (nirmitam): made, fashioned

• विश्वकर्मणा (viśvakarmaṇā): by Vishvakarman (the divine artisan)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)